Robbery gang hits bank in Parañaque

It only took four armed men and their female accomplice just two minutes to rob a bank in Parañaque City of around P100,000 yesterday afternoon.

Parañaque police chief Superintendent Ronald Estilles said the robbery gang hit a branch of East-West Bank on President Avenue in Barangay BF at 12:08 p.m.

An initial police report revealed that the unidentified female gang member, posing as client, was the first to enter the bank.

Estilles said the suspect stands between 5’ 2" and 5’4," of medium built and has long hair.

A few seconds later, four men barged into the bank. Two robbers, who were brandishing a 9 mm pistol and a caliber .38 revolver, easily disarmed bank security guard Gerry Gamon.

The robbers took the cell phones and wallets of bank messengers Joel Balibay, 25, and Christopher Trance, 37, before taking some P100,000 from the bank cashier.

The leader of the group was later identified as Reynaldo Antonio, who was previously arrested after robbing a bank also in Parañaque City in 2003. He had been out on bail.

Two other members of the group were his brothers, Gerry Artemio and Pio. The other male suspect was also unidentified.